Joe Biden's bathroom mirror messages

[babylonsister]

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/12/joe_bidens_bathroom_mirror_mes.html

Joe Biden's bathroom mirror messages
Posted December 11, 2009 3:15 PM
The Swamp

by Mark Silva


When Jill Biden wants to get the vice president's attention on an important political issue she tapes a message to the bathroom mirror at the Naval Observatory mansion.

" If I want him to get my position on something, I Scotch Tape it to the bathroom mirror,'' Jill Biden, the second lady, says in an interview airing on CBS News' Sunday Morning.

"Not a joke,'' the vice president says in the interview. " You go into my bathroom at home... or in the vice president's residence...and it'll be up -- literally she'll Scotch Tape an article. She'll Scotch Tape something. ''

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Biden also recalls meeting her husband, who had lost his first wife and young daughter in an automobile accident. And the vice president, who served in the Senate for more than 30 years and rode the train home each night to Delaware to be with his children, recalls meeting his second wife in the CBS interview.

His brother Frank said, " know this beautiful girl... you'll love her.. She was in my English class and she hates politics, you'll love her.''

Jill Biden says of the then-senator: "I found him interesting, and charming...as he is. And he shook my hand good night...and that was so different from...

"He didn't try to grab you...'' Braver asks, bravely.

" No, no. And at one o'clock in the morning, I called my mother and I said, 'Mom, I finally met a gentleman'.... And that's what hooked me. That's what hooked me.'''

The senator's sons suggested the marriage, he says.

"Swear to God, swear to God... true story,'' the vice president says. " didn't have the heart to tell them I'd already asked her and she said no.... I had to ask her five times.''

Why no?

" Because here were these little boys who had lost their mom and their sister, and I had to make sure that this marriage was gonna work,'' Jill Biden tells Braver, "and because...I just couldn't have their hearts broken again.''

[gateley]

1. Thanks! nt

[Jennicut]

2. I think I need to try that with my husband!

[dkf]

3. Awww. That is so cute.

They are very lucky to have each other.

[mrbarber]

4. That last line speaks volumes about her character.

Good on her.

[HopeOverFear]

5. It sure does. Love to Jilly n/m

[NYC_SKP]

6. kick. a remarkable little vignette of a successful marriage. n/t

[ZombieHorde]

7. I knew Biden was a tool for Scotch brand tape! All of you laughed at me, but I was right! nt

[Bunny]

10. He's always been a shill for Big Tape.

[Cha]

8. Kick for sweetness.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. What a lovely lady...

How lucky Joe is.......and us too.

Thanks for posting!

K&R

[AngryOldDem]

11. That was a really good interview.

Jill Biden seems like a very sweet person.

[AspenRose]

12. Rec #40